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Drink drive crackdown sees 100 stopped

11:44pm Tuesday 11th December 2007

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LATEST figures by Gwent Police show that more than 100 people were stopped over the weekend in their drink drive crackdown.

Over the weekend of December 8-9, officers asked 145 motorists to provide a specimen of breath during random stop checks through Gwent.

As a result, four people were arrested for providing a positive test result.

Since the launch of the campaign on December 1, 880 breath tests have been carried out, with 63 arrests.

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Vicki, Newport says...
9:04am Wed 12 Dec 07

I'm glad, there really should be a zero tolerance approach to this kind of thing. There are too many chancers out there who think they can get away with it.

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JONATHAN1939, NEWPORT says...
12:36pm Wed 12 Dec 07

Vicki wrote:
I'm glad, there really should be a zero tolerance approach to this kind of thing. There are too many chancers out there who think they can get away with it.
Agree with you 100%

Then forget the penalty points - just lock them up for a minimum of 28days.
Time to sober up.

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doug, Cwmbran says...
1:58pm Wed 12 Dec 07

Worthwhile Policing in action. More of this less persecution for 2mph over the speed limit.

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Steve, says...
4:08pm Wed 12 Dec 07

JONATHAN1939 wrote:
Vicki wrote: I'm glad, there really should be a zero tolerance approach to this kind of thing. There are too many chancers out there who think they can get away with it.
Agree with you 100% Then forget the penalty points - just lock them up for a minimum of 28days. Time to sober up.
Disagree.

Take their license off them for 12 months. If they then do it again, it's a life ban. No arguments, no other sentence possible - life ban with no hope of ever getting a license again.

Then make driving without a licence a prison term, along with crushing the vehicle you were driving - unless it's stolen.

There is now no excuse for not knowing how illegal and dangerous DUI is.

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